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City and not many at Mauhattan. Its usual winter home is in southern 
Kansas, the whole of Indian Territory, and northern Texas. Mr. Lloyd 
states that it is a rare fall migrant in eastern Concho County, Tex. 
In the spring of 1884 the northward movement commenced about the 
1st of March, and the bulk left Gainesville, Tex., March 12. Three days 
later the transients were at their height at Caddo, Ind. Ter. Those which 
spent the winter at Caddo left March 10. The bulk arrived at Pierce 
City, Mo., March 17, and the next day at Manhattan, Kans, At Alia, 
Nebr., they were seen March 23, and then for more than a month there 
was no advance. They appeared at Vermillion, Dak., May 3, and just 
two weeks later at Argusville, Dak. It had been previously recorded 
(May 10) by Miss Gertrude M. Lewis, at Frazee City, Minu. The bulk 
seldom moves more than four or five days behind the van. Some very 
late migrants were noted. One was seen at Gainesville, Tex., May 5, 
and at Manhattan, Kans., May 20. It is surprising that a species which 
migrates so late should not stop to breed on this side of the boundary 
line. It has never been found breeding in the United States, nor indeed 
anywhere, for the nest and eggs are unknown. Mr. Abbott saw a male 
at Turtle Creek, in central Dakota, in the latter part of July, 1881, but 
saw no signs of breeding, and though Prof, Aughey says he has often 
seen young in northeastern Nebraska, it is practically certain that it 
does uot breed within that State. If it breeds anywhere in the United 
States it probably does so in northern Minnesota. Dr. Hatch says that 
specimens have come under his notice with ovulation so far advanced 
that he has no doubt they breed in the northeastern part of that State. 
A curious circumstance connected with its migration in the spring of 
1884 was its entire absence from the vicinity of Ellis, Kans., where it is 
usually present both spring and fall, and sometimes in great abundance. 
Dr. Watson writes that in his study of migration at that point, extend- 
ing over several years, nothing has struck him so forcibly as the great 
disparity in the numbers of the several species in different years, as if 
they visited Ellis merely from caprice; they are abundant one year, few 
or wanting the next, common in spring, scarce in the fall, and vice versa. 
In the fall of 1884 the first Harris’s Sparrow appeared at Des Moiues, 
Iowa, October 18; the bulk arrived October 25 and departed on the 
same day, and none were seen there afterwards. The first came to 
Gainesville, Tex., November 5. A few remained all winter as far north 
as Manhattan, Kans. (latitude 39° 27’), and as far south as San Antonio, 
Tex. (latitude 29° 27’), these two parallels forming the limits of the 
winter range. 
In migration in the spring of 1885 it was seen at Mount Carmel, 
Mo., April 28; Des Moines, Iowa, April 25; Lanesboro, Minn., May 10; 
Heron Lake, Minn., May 12; and Shell River, Manitoba, May 15. 
About forty were secn at White Earth, Minn., May 16, the first baving 
arrived a day or two before. At Gainesville, Tex., the last was seen 
May 5; at Mount Carmel, Mo., May3; Des Moines, lowa, May 13; and 
Manhattan, Kans., May 23. 
